Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mayšáh

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás.

Noun

*mayšáh m[1]

sheep, ram

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀‎ (maēša)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Chorasmian: [script needed] (ʾmh)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri: [script needed] (mēī), [script needed] (maī)
- Munji-Yidgha:
  - Munji: [script needed] (mə́ya), [script needed] (mə́y, “argali”)
  - Yidgha: [script needed] (mūo)
- Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
  - Ishkashimi: [script needed] (mel)
    - Sanglechi: [script needed] (mēl)
- Shughni-Yazgulami:
  - Shughni-Roshani:
    - Bartangi-Rasharvi:
      Bartangi: [script needed] (māw)
      Rasharvi (Oroshori): [script needed] (māw)
    - Shughni:
      Bajui: [script needed] (maw)
      Shughni: [script needed] (maγ̄)
- Roshani-Khufi:
  - Khufi: [script needed] (mēw)
    Roshani: [script needed] (mēw)
- Sarikoli: [script needed] (mɛwl)
- Yazgulyam: [script needed] (maw, “sheep”), [script needed] (muw, “ram”)
- → Wakhi: may (“sheep”)
- Pashto: مږ‎ (maģ, meģ), مګ‎ m (mag, “ram, sheep”)
- Waneci: [script needed] (meyž, “sheep”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: mih, mî, mîh
  Central Kurdish: مێ‎ (mê)
  Southern Kurdish: میە‎ (mye)
  Laki: مێ‎ (mê)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean: 𐫖𐫏𐫢‎ (myš /mēš/)
- Zaza-Gorani:
  Gurani: مەی‎ (may)
  Zazaki: meşna (mašnā)
- Baluchi: میش‎ (mēš)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*maiša)
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLLN), [Book Pahlavi needed] (myš /mēš/)
    - Classical Persian: میش‎ (mēš)

References

Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “may”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN

[1] Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “may”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN